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Town of Veteran: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Buildings and construction$696K$1.2M▼ 40%
Other operations$482K$429K▲ 12%
Vehicles and transportation$341K$126K▲ 171%
Public safety$214K$195K▲ 10%
Debt payments$144K$114K▲ 27%
Staff and payroll$113K$102K▲ 10%
Insurance and benefits$95K$105K▼ 10%
Professional services$26K$74K▼ 65%
Line by line

Buildings and construction $696K

  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $287K
  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $151K
  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $123K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $79K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $34K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $21K
  • Highway and Street Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $879
  • Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $495

Other operations $482K

  • Snow Removal: contractual: $98K
  • Clerk: personal services: $58K
  • Zoning: personal services: $47K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $45K
  • Assessment: personal services: $45K
  • Municipal Court: personal services: $36K
  • Legislative Board: personal services: $31K
  • Drainage: contractual: $18K
  • Garage: contractual: $16K
  • Snow Removal: personal services: $11K

Vehicles and transportation $341K

  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $251K
  • Machinery: contractual: $82K
  • Machinery: personal services: $6,954

Public safety $214K

  • Fire Protection: contractual: $204K
  • Dog Control: contractual: $8,250
  • Traffic Control: contractual: $1,359

Debt payments $144K

  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $103K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $30K
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $11K

Staff and payroll $113K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $74K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $39K

Insurance and benefits $95K

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $41K
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $33K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $21K

Professional services $26K

  • Law: contractual: $26K

From Town of Veteran’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31), all funds. Categories group the state’s account codes: technology is data processing, phones, 911 and radio and computer instruction; transfers between the body’s own funds are left out. The Comptroller’s data ↗

Figures are public records: the body’s own reports (marked by year) and other agencies’ records of what it bought or received. They aren’t added together. Something wrong? Tell us.